CYP Now - Call for emergency charity funding to reach grassroots groups

A major funder of community-based children’s charities in London has warned that many face closure because emergency government funding is failing to reach grassroots organisations.

Many small charities provide support to vulnerable local families. Picture: AdobeStock

The warning from John Lyon’s Charity (JLC) follows news that nearly three quarters of the £200m pot to support small and medium sized charities hit by the coronavirus pandemic is yet to be allocated four months after it was announced by the government.

In early April, the government announced it would provide £750m to charities due to an anticipated £4bn downturn in the sector’s collective income due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

A total of £200m of the funding pot is to be targeted on small and medium sized organisations through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF) in England, launched on 22 May, and administered by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF).

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